How This Woman Copes With Overstimulation By Working Under Her Desk

“Here’s what they don’t see:
– Stress
– Noise
– Bright ceiling lights
– A meeting that didn’t go so well
– A project that feels overwhelming
– Constant movement around me

In a word, overstimulation. 

When I need to drown everything out, I take my laptop and sit under the desk; I enjoy the relative peace and physical boundaries it provides. I sit under my standing desk until my lower back reminds me I’m 36, a fully grown adult, with a perfectly adequate ergonomic desk chair.”